TROPICAL STORM ISAAC INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 27A
Posted by
hanna on 8/27/2012, 9:24 pm
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 700 PM CDT...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WAS LOCATED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 26.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.5 WEST. ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IS FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF ISAAC WILL MOVE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT AND APPROACH THE COAST OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR TUESDAY NIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST...AND ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY...AND CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN UNTIL LANDFALL OCCURS ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST.
TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES...335 KM FROM THE CENTER.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE BASED ON REPORTS FROM AIR FORCE RESERVE AND NOAA RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS 981 MB...28.97 INCHES.
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